COMPRESS. The leading ASME Section VIII pressure vessel and heat exchanger design software.
Pressure vessels and heat exchangers in a refinery

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COMPRESS Build 6263

Released July 13, 2009
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The ASME Section VIII, Division 2 A08 Addenda
is now available

Division 2 HTML component reports can now be collapsed and expanded for easy viewing

A new Split Report view feature is available

Items in a project are now automatically sorted alphabetically

A check for the lethal service restriction of
UCS-6 (b)(1) has been added

A new option is available to exclude the flange portion of a heavy barrel nozzle

A new option is available to specify Merge Nodes Tolerance for FEA-Nozzles

What's New

Training Seminar: March 8 - 12, 2010
ASME Sec. VIII, Div. 1 Design Using COMPRESS

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Codeware has upgraded its security key management system. To enable your USB key to run COMPRESS Build 6262, see the Key Update Instructions.

The COMPRESS 2008 Verification Manual and Build 6260 baseline (verification) files are now available in the Support Center.

The Part UHX white paper and OSHA's Petroleum Refinery Process Safety Management National Emphasis Program Directive are now available in the Support Center.

PRG's finite element analysis of nozzles capability is now a standard COMPRESS feature. Learn more.